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Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The 2009 Financial Secrecy Index results were officially launched just a few days ago. You can find them here. We are very gratified that David Taylor, Member of Parliament for North-West Leicestershire, had this to say about the index in Parliament yesterday: The Tax Justice Network has done the world a great service in producing its global [...]
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Offshore financial centres in the British Caribbean should consider introducing more taxes to shore up their increasingly shaky finances, according to a UK government-commissioned report published late last week.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MIPIM Asia, the world’s property market in Asia Pacific, today announces the presence of three leading politicians from Hong Kong and China at its fourth edition, November 18-20, 2009. Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, John Tsang, will inaugurate MIPIM Asia at the official Opening Ceremony in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, at 9.30 am,...
Social Business Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Earlier tonight I attended the official reception at the House of Commons to celebrate National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW). Hosted by Hugh Bayley MP, organised by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and sponsored by four financial institutions (Aviva, Coop, CCLA and Henderson), the evening called attention to this second, now annual, [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
MIPIM Asia 2009 to Welcome Senior Hong Kong and Chinese PoliticiansPARISNov. 9 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- MIPIM Asia, the world's property market in Asia Pacific, today announces the presence of three leading politicians from Hong Kong and mainland China at its fourth edition, November 18-20, 2009(Logo: )Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, John Tsang, will inaugurate MIPIM Asia at the official...
Caymanian Compass (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Former US Federal Trade Commission Chairman James C. Miller III - who was alsobudget director for former US President Ronald Reagan - will be taking a look at Cayman's financial situation over the next several weeks.
Tory Politico (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Following worldwide criticism to his proposal of levying a tax on all financial transactions, Gordon Brown has been forced into yet another humiliating U-turn. The US led a backlash against the “Tobin tax” on financial transactions after Mr Brown took a Group of 20 finance ministers’ meeting by surprise with his proposal at the gathering in [...]
Global Dashboard (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... from Tim Geithner forced the UK to back off. (No mention of the idea in Gordon Brown’s FT op-ed on financial institutions this morning, you’ll notice.) Now that the dust is settling, two questions stand out. First, why the Damascene conversion? And second, how – if at all – does this alter prospects for implementation of the tax? Start with the reasons why. Of course, some argue that Brown’s...
turenchi (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... calling for a reform of the selection process. Another group in the NBA is led by NBA?s General-Secretary, Ibrahim Eddy Mark. The latter group consists of three other members of the NBA executives; Bath Okoye Aniche, the third vice president, Chief Ganny Ajape, welfare secretary and Steve Ononye, the assistant financial secretary. Akeredolu's supporters in the NBA are...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... a health minister, but resigned a year later.She spent a year on the backbenches before being made Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Gordon Brown’s first Government.In October 2008 she was promoted to be a farming and environment minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.In June this year she quit that position after refusing to pledge her allegiance...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Edmond Campbell, Senior Staff ReporterTHE MINISTRY of Justice on Wednesday came under intense pressure from members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), who raised alarm about inadequate checks and balances in the handling of funds by the police for the courts.Robert Rainford, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice, admitted that his ministry was unable to determine how much...
ACN Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The CASBAA Convention 2009, organized by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), officially kicked off with a keynote address from John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR Government at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The global inflationary pressure is expected to remain muted in the near future, partly reflecting slow economic recovery, Hong Kong's financial chief John Tsang said Wednesday. Answering a question raised by a member of the Legislative Council in written form, Tsang, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said the local year-on-year...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... was leading Jamaica's negotiations with the IMF, a role that has since been assumed by Financial Secretary Dr Wesley Hughes.Early conclusionYesterday, Latibeaudiere told The Gleaner that "Given where Jamaica is, I am really hoping for that (an early conclusion of the negotiations)."While the Government has disputed rating agency Standard & Poor's downgrade of Jamaica, Latibeaudiere...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A boom gathers momentum HAVING seen the damage caused by property bubbles, Hong Kong officials are determined not to have a repeat on their own patch. Last month the territory’s de facto central bank pushed banks into increasing the amount of cash they demand of homebuyers. John Tsang, Hong Kong’s usually tepid financial secretary, called in big developers to warn of government...
